WATERVILLE — The Waterville nonsanctioned bridge club winners on Thursday were: Betty Perry and Judy Jones, Patricia Kick and Lucien Veilleux, Wilma Pouliot and Jimmie Bradeen, Francis Roy and Ginnie Kelly, Connie Fedorovich and Paul Leberman.
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NBA PLAYOFFS: Allen continues to come through
BOSTON (AP) — Ray Allen was out on the perimeter like so many times before during a 16-year career in which he’s established himself as the most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA history.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Summers handcuffed self by signing no-tax pledge
I listened to Charlie Summers on Channel 6 on Tuesday night; and after listening to him, I am convinced he could never replace Olympia Snowe as a United States senator. He already has made up his mind that he will continue with the bottleneck in Washington by saying that he already has signed a pledge […]
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Belgrade camp looking to brim over with life again
BELGRADE — The Booker family didn’t realize they would attract so much attention from horn-honking motorists and curious onlookers when they began to restore the boxy little shanties of a 60-year-old fishing camp on Route 27.
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New hospital nearly one-third done
AUGUSTA — The region’s newest hospital is about one-third complete and construction is moving along rapidly.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: 50,000 dead in bloody war south of the border
It’s amazing what a difference an artificial border, a line on a map, can make.
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RSU 18 ignored messageof shared sacrifice
The private sector of the American economy has been put through the wringer for the past four years because of the Great Recession, which still continues. Jobs have disappeared, salaries and wages have been reduced and even the level of entitlement benefits such as Social Security has been on hold for a few years. Government […]
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Skowhegan prepares for school budget vote
SKOWHEGAN — Voting on the proposed $32.33 million budget for 2012-13 is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Skowhegan Area High School.
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How can motorcyclists ruin summer for all of us?
How lucky we are to have the warm weather back, along with the obnoxious, illegal, loud bikes. More than a month ago, I contacted the state police about this ridiculous problem and their response was they were short on manpower and they didn’t have any decibel meters. Last May, Gov. Paul LePage signed a law […]
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Phew! Mayans didn’t expect world’s end this year
It’s scientifically safe to make plans for 2013. The world will not end on Dec. 21 or the default date of Dec. 23, according to a newly discovered Mayan calendar.